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Penang Swimming Club

 

© kayes, penangtalk.com. By permission.

Penang Swimming Club, Tanjong Bungah, was a favourite destination of many. It was a private swimming club patronized mainly by RAAF and RAF services personnel, and not open to casual swimmers.

At the club we used to enjoy after hours and weekend swimming, including training and competitive events. There were also picture (movie) nights and dances. The pool was situated over the beach and here we had a venue for more fun! We'd collect pippies, jump from the rocks into the water and fish. We could walk either way along the sand for miles - under the beautiful palms, collecting the lovely cowrie shells which were abundant in those days.

 

Membership Book
	Photographed in 2005
(Courtesy Jan Eyres) 1963	1968	(Courtesy Jo-Anne Rendle) 1969	1973
More Photos		Movie Time Erecting the Screen for Movie Night!
Beach behind PSC Empty pool
PSC in 1998
Shown above is the new entrance to PSC, and to the right, the Snake Hut. The club is Chinese owned now and open to members only. Individual membership will cost you RM$60,000 (see lone swimmer!). If you want to see more of PSC as it is now, visit this link http://www.penangswimclub.com/		This is the entrance to PSC as we knew it. It looks just the same in 1998, but I think it's disused now.	© kayes, penangtalk.com. By permission. View of old entrance from bottom of stairs.